This is a discussion on What do you love? within the Comparison: WRX vs World forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; i like watching the faces of thoes v8 boys after they loose to a i4 @ the track...

-the "mean" look (the one that makes girls not like the car)
-AWD
-Mod potential

After a VF39, EWG, TMIC, PPG and TBE upgrade I love:

-that for under 30 grand total I have a really fast car
-hitting ~62 in 2nd gear while my straight cut gears are screaming louder than a fire engine and my exhaust sounds like an apache helicopter on assault even though I can't hear either of them because the external wastegate sounds like the commencement of armageddon
-almost 400 wtq on a freakin sedan

why this is in wrx vs the world and not general discus or off topic i dunno but sence its not. ill put my 2cents in

pros

500whp stock bottom end/tranny
m3 handling with acr package
cheap to buy, cheap to mod.
its a neon so no one ever sees it coming. there usually to busy laughing or pointing and then its to late.

cons

terrible turning radius
feels rough all around in fit and finish and steering wheel feel/gearbox
need lots of finese and practice to drive fast
its a neon
its fwd
single piston front brakes
no cruise, no rear power windows.

RayfieldsWRX - "You like the feel of torque steer? Interesting"
jd92677 - "I like the idea of mashing the gas and not knowing which way the car will go."
-02 WRX 13.8@96 stock SOLD
-04 SRT-4 626whp SOLD.
-04 STi 13.3@102 stock. SOLD
-04 SRT4 388whp DD SOLD

No wonder your STI is so fast...it has once of those i4's in it. Mine only has a h4.

he did the ae853 swap (srt4 motor)

RayfieldsWRX - "You like the feel of torque steer? Interesting"
jd92677 - "I like the idea of mashing the gas and not knowing which way the car will go."
-02 WRX 13.8@96 stock SOLD
-04 SRT-4 626whp SOLD.
-04 STi 13.3@102 stock. SOLD
-04 SRT4 388whp DD SOLD

When I bought my sedan, I actually constructed a spreadsheet enumerating the various qualities I was looking for in a car. I rated each contender based on specs, aesthetics, first-hand experience, test drives, etc. The WRX was the clear choice, based on price, fun-factor, and practicality.

Same here, almost, paper and pencil don't count as a spreadsheet, in this day and age...

Cars I was considering at the time:
Eagle talon tsi (or mitsu equiv) hoping for an early version, that car's interior fit me like a glove. No luck finding a decent used one.

RSX-S, nice car, shifts like butter, would have been paying out the rear for insurance.

Dodge stratus RT, good power, nice features, good incentives, drove real nice, but again, would have been paying out the rear for insurance.

Overall, the WRX was the hands down winner for what I could afford, and how I like to drive.

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